Sentences with phrase «of shadow foreign secretary»

Friends of the shadow foreign secretary have suggested he might retire from front - bench politics if his campaign to become leader is unsuccessful.

«We asked to meet with Jeremy on his own and John McDonnell barged in a couple of minutes in,» Smith said of the meeting held in the wake of Corbyn's sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn and at the start of mass frontbench resignations.

They demanding the sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn and other «warmongers» after he rallied support for air strikes in a barnstorming Commons speech.

Ed Balls could be offered the job of shadow foreign secretary, as Europe is one of Balls» great fortes, and one of the great offices of state.

Meanwhile, I hear that the paper waved its fat chequebook at the American birth mothers of the shadow foreign secretary's two adopted sons.

Ed Balls is confirmed as Shadow Chancellor; his wife Yvette Cooper takes his job as shadow home secretary; Douglas Alexander takes her former portfolio of shadow foreign secretary; Lima Byrne becomes shadow work and pensions secretary; Tessa Jowell to take on responsibilities shadowing the Cabinet Office, formerly held by Byrne.

Pressed to explain why he had advanced his own candidacy, rather than that of his brother, the younger Miliband refused to be critical of the shadow foreign secretary, saying only that «David would make an excellent leader».

Labour officials refused to confirm the visit, but multiple Labour and American sources said that Miliband was planning the trip, probably in the company of the shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

Its lack of salience, especially to an opposition party, usually means the role of shadow foreign secretary is a gilded cage, a sinecure for an elder statesman like Jack Cunningham (under John Smith) or Gerald Kaufman (under Neil Kinnock).

The former higher education minister, whose views are close to those of the possible backbench contender Jon Cruddas and who is a personal friend of the shadow Foreign Secretary David Miliband, says Labour must drop «old labels» that are no guide to its political future.

Do expect new occupants of the posts of shadow Foreign Secretary and shadow Defence Secretary - in those two areas the tensions over nuclear weapons and military action have proved too much of an embarrassment for Mr Corbyn.

The Westminster rumour mill initially claimed she'd been offered Hilary Benn's job of shadow foreign secretary.